# bathroom singer

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/bathroom-singer
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A person with mediocre or amateur singing capabilities.

## Examples

- He is just a bathroom singer who likes to sing in the shower.
- Although he loves music, he is only a bathroom singer and never performs for an audience.
- Despite his enthusiastic performances in the privacy of his home, he remained a quintessential bathroom singer, lacking the technical skill required for a professional stage.

## Origin

Acoustically, bathrooms tend to give a false impression that one's singing voice sounds good, when in a more ordinary, drier acoustic environment it would be less pleasing.

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